Testimony עדות
Testimony is written עדות in Hebrew. Read at skips 2–5,000, the Torah holds 14,581 sequences of Testimony, the shortest at skip 2 (Genesis 31:5); chance alone would give about 14,924.
- Found in the Torah
- 14,581
- Chance alone
- 14,924
- P (≥ found)
- 1.00
- Shortest skip
- 2
Skips 2–5,000, both directions, final letters folded, the written text — the laboratory's own defaults.
In the Torah
At skips 2–5,000, עדות appears 14,581 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 14,924, so the count is in line with chance.
The shortest skip at which עדות appears in the Torah is 2 — the first at Genesis 31:5, reading forward.
At every skip the Torah allows (2–101,616), עדות is found 152,959 times; chance alone would give about 155,510.
- Genesis 3,708
- Exodus 3,557
- Leviticus 2,169
- Numbers 2,906
- Deuteronomy 2,241
The shortest skips
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶן רֹאֶה אָנֹכִי אֶת־פְּנֵי אֲבִיכֶן כִּֽי־אֵינֶנּוּ אֵלַי כִּתְמֹל שִׁלְשֹׁם וֵֽאלֹהֵי אָבִי הָיָה עִמָּדִֽי
and said unto them: ‘I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 43,856Open in the laboratory →
וַיְצַו יוֹסֵף אֶת־עֲבָדָיו אֶת־הָרֹפְאִים לַחֲנֹט אֶת־אָבִיו וַיַּחַנְטוּ הָרֹפְאִים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 76,684Open in the laboratory →
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵהֶם יֵרֶא יְהוָה עֲלֵיכֶם וְיִשְׁפֹּט אֲשֶׁר הִבְאַשְׁתֶּם אֶת־רֵיחֵנוּ בְּעֵינֵי פַרְעֹה וּבְעֵינֵי עֲבָדָיו לָֽתֶת־חֶרֶב בְּיָדָם לְהָרְגֵֽנוּ
and they said unto them: ‘The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 84,654Open in the laboratory →
כִּֽי־יָדִין יְהוָה עַמּוֹ וְעַל־עֲבָדָיו יִתְנֶחָם כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי־אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזֽוּב
For the LORD will judge His people, And repent Himself for His servants; When He seeth that their stay is gone, And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 301,970Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּעַל מֹשֶׁה מֵֽעַרְבֹת מוֹאָב אֶל־הַר נְבוֹ רֹאשׁ הַפִּסְגָּה אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי יְרֵחוֹ וַיַּרְאֵהוּ יְהוָה אֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־הַגִּלְעָד עַד־דָּֽן
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, even Gilead as far as Dan;
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 304,269Open in the laboratory →
Across the Tanakh
At skips 2–5,000, עדות appears 67,488 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 68,830, so the count is in line with chance.
- Genesis 3,708
- Exodus 3,557
- Leviticus 2,169
- Numbers 2,906
- Deuteronomy 2,417
- Joshua 2,017
- Judges 1,986
- Samuel 6,601
- Kings 4,688
- Isaiah 3,837
- Jeremiah 4,486
- Ezekiel 4,894
- The Twelve 2,831
- Psalms 5,255
- Proverbs 1,884
- Job 2,147
- Song of Songs 313
- Ruth 313
- Lamentations 324
- Ecclesiastes 673
- Esther 695
- Daniel 1,872
- Ezra–Nehemiah 2,226
- Chronicles 5,689
Outside the Torah
וַיַּרְא דָּוִד כִּי עֲבָדָיו מִֽתְלַחֲשִׁים וַיָּבֶן דָּוִד כִּי מֵת הַיָּלֶד וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־עֲבָדָיו הֲמֵת הַיֶּלֶד וַיֹּאמְרוּ מֵֽת
But when David saw that his servants whispered together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said unto his servants: ‘Is the child dead?’ And they said: ‘He is dead.’
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 452,309Open in the laboratory →
וְאֶלֶף אִישׁ עִמּוֹ מִבִּנְיָמִן וְצִיבָא נַעַר בֵּית שָׁאוּל וַחֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר בָּנָיו וְעֶשְׂרִים עֲבָדָיו אִתּוֹ וְצָלְחוּ הַיַּרְדֵּן לִפְנֵי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him. And they rushed into the Jordan before the king.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 467,068Open in the laboratory →
וַיַּרְכִּבֻהוּ עֲבָדָיו מֵת מִמְּגִדּוֹ וַיְבִאֻהוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַם וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בִּקְבֻֽרָתוֹ וַיִּקַּח עַם־הָאָרֶץ אֶת־יְהֽוֹאָחָז בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ אֹתוֹ וַיַּמְלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ תַּחַת אָבִֽיו
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
skip 2, width 2 — the matrix is as wide as the skip, so the sequence reads down one column. letter 571,809Open in the laboratory →
The spelling
עדות — the Tanakh's own spelling. Searched as עדות, 4 letters, with a standard gematria value of 480.
As a plain word it stands 7 times in the Tanakh, first at Psalms 19:8. Every word of the Tanakh in the Word Index →
Questions
Is Testimony in the Torah codes?
At skips 2–5,000, עדות appears 14,581 times in the Torah; chance alone would give about 14,924, so the count is in line with chance.
What is the shortest skip for Testimony in the Torah?
Skip 2, reading forward from Genesis 31:5 — the shortest of 14,581 sequences at skips 2–5,000, where chance alone would give about 14,924.
What is the gematria of Testimony in Hebrew?
Testimony is spelled עדות — 4 letters searched, with a standard gematria value of 480.
How many times is Testimony found in the whole Tanakh?
At skips 2–5,000, עדות appears 67,488 times in the whole Tanakh; chance alone would give about 68,830, so the count is in line with chance.
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